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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Fiji to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better comprehend these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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